Have you also seen Aldo's other film, Who Saw Her Die? I like Aldo's work, because the story line he uses 'can easily travel down the route of sleaze and can quite often have too much of an exploitative feel to it – leaving the viewer feeling dirty while watching, but he sidesteps all of this and is able to craft a classy film regardless of the subject matter.'

(IMDb)Chopping Mall 1986



In this insignificant, but nevertheless fun 80's low-budgeter, the sex-hungry teenagers for once aren't chased around by a killer wearing a ridiculous mask but by a troop of malfunctioning and heavily armed security robots! Four couples that work in various stores at the Park Plaza shopping mall secretly throw an after hours party during the same night when a lightening storm completely disorientates the 3 brand new "Protector" robots and get killed off one by one. "Chopping Mall" (how can you not love that title?) is a lot of fun to watch and it's easily Jim Wynorski's best effort out of more than 60 directed films. Despite the fact that "Chopping Mall" doesn't take itself too seriously and mainly focuses on satire, there really are some tense moments and properly mounted suspense sequences. The laser head-explosion sequence is famous and there are multiple other cheese-highlights. But what is perhaps the most surprising, are the engaging acting performances and the welcome amount of tasteful nudity. The most familiar cute face in the cast is Barbara Crampton who stars as a screaming beauty in between her two greatest films "Re-Animator" and "From Beyond". Truly ingenious are the endless references towards Roger Corman's repertoire, especially illustrated through cameos of Paul Bartel, Dick Miller and Mary Woronov. Unquestionably, "Chopping Mall" is a righteous guilty pleasure of many, many horror fans.

Yes! That's one of my favorite giallos.

I love this film! Another I forgot that was Christmas. Did you notice Woronov and Bartel refer to each other as Mr and Mrs Bland- their characters from Eating Raoul. And of course Dick Miller makes his requisite appearance as Walter Paisley(his character from Bucket Of Blood)

Haha, Red, are you putting "Watch At Your Own Risk" for the really bad movies?

Hahaha! Yep. Hey, you'll never know!

Haha! Yes! They talked about using the robots to get rid of the people they disliked at the resto.

Did you notice the reference to another Maroney movie in the beginning? When Suzie said to Alison, "Hey, would I set you up with a slimedog or something? No way, Babe!", and they both said, "It is, Babe. Isn't it?"

I actually wondered why you didn't include this, because I was sure you'd like the movie.

I love my bad horror movies, but I wouldn't wish Feeders 2 on my worst enemy

We should post our top ten giallos.

I can remember this line("It is, Babe. Isn't it?") being said in the 80's comedy My Chauffeur, but what Maroney movie was it said in?

I guess I could ask Kelly herself since she is one of my FB friends

Hey, you're good! Yep, that's the right movie. And did you know that the horror movie they were watching at the furniture shop was a Roger Corman movie? Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957).

Okay, I'm lost. What does Maroney have to do with My Chauffeur?


Haha yes I did notice that about the movie playing.

Wasn't she in that movie? Or was it Modern Girls? I'm confusing myself.

Deborah Foreman was in My Chauffeur. Maroney wasn't in Modern Girls either- Night of the Comet, The Zero Boys, Fast Times At Ridgemont High.....sigh, it's ok, Red, I'll still talk to ya

You may want to watch this.

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXHcggz59s4

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGBz_1mIySc